Question 1

A remote PIC is planning a flight with a visual observer and a separate person manipulating the controls. According to the FAA study guide, what is crew resource management (CRM) focused on?

Accepted Answer

The effective use of all available resources: human resources, hardware, and information. CRM training focuses on the effective use of all available resources (human resources, hardware, and information) to support ADM, crew cooperation, and decision-making.

Question 2

Near a non-towered airport, a remote pilot hears a manned pilot ask the UNICOM for an advisory. The UNICOM operator replies with the wind direction and says runway 27 is recommended. What is the UNICOM operator doing?

Accepted Answer

Giving requested airport information, such as wind direction and a recommended runway. UNICOM stations may give pilots weather, wind direction and a recommended runway on request. For a remote pilot listening in, this call is a useful clue that arriving traffic will likely use runway 27.

Question 3

A remote pilot finished two beers at 2200. At 0530 the next morning, the pilot's blood alcohol level is 0.01 percent. May the pilot act as remote PIC at 0530?

Accepted Answer

No, because 8 hours have not passed since drinking alcohol. §107.27 applies §§91.17 and 91.19 to the remote PIC. Part 91 requires blood alcohol below .04 percent and 8 hours between drinking and piloting. From 2200 to 0530 is only 7.5 hours, so the pilot may not fly yet.

Question 4

Using the Perceive, Process, Perform (3P) model, a remote pilot has perceived the hazards of a planned flight with the PAVE checklist. According to the FAA study guide, which checklist is used for the next step, processing those hazards?

Accepted Answer

CARE: Consequences, Alternatives, Reality, External factors. The 3P model combines three checklists: pilots perceive hazards with PAVE, process them with CARE (Consequences, Alternatives, Reality, External factors), and perform risk management with TEAM (Transfer, Eliminate, Accept, or Mitigate).

Question 5

Before a job, a remote pilot says the waiver conditions and the company's checklist are "silly and unnecessary" and that no one should tell an experienced pilot what to do. Which hazardous attitude does this show?

Accepted Answer

Anti-authority. Resenting direction and treating rules and procedures as silly or unnecessary is the anti-authority attitude ("Don't tell me"). Its antidote is to follow the rules, which are usually right.

Question 6

Near a non-towered airport, a remote pilot monitoring the CTAF hears: "Pine Valley traffic, Piper Four-Two-Echo, clear of runway 9, taxiing to park, Pine Valley traffic." What does this call tell the remote pilot?

Accepted Answer

The Piper has landed and has left the runway.. The "clear of runway, taxiing to park" call is made after landing, once the aircraft has left the runway. The Piper is no longer a factor in the approach or departure paths.

Question 7

While preparing for a flight, a remote pilot notices the thought "It won't happen to me." According to the FAA study guide, what should the pilot do after recognizing this thought as hazardous?

Accepted Answer

Label it as hazardous, then state the corresponding antidote. Recognition of hazardous thoughts is the first step toward neutralizing them. After recognizing a thought as hazardous, the pilot should label it as hazardous, then state the corresponding antidote (study guide, Chapter 10, Hazardous Attitudes and Antidotes).

Question 8

A remote pilot installs a system software upgrade released by the manufacturer of the small UAS. How does AC 107-2A treat this action?

Accepted Answer

As small UAS maintenance, which the operator should perform in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions whenever possible. AC 107-2A defines small UAS maintenance to include scheduled and unscheduled overhaul, repair, inspection, modification, replacement, and system software upgrades of the small UAS and its components necessary for flight. Whenever possible, the operator should maintain the small UAS in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

Question 9

A remote pilot has authorization to fly near a towered airport and monitors the tower frequency with a handheld radio. Why can the pilot expect to hear the manned aircraft operating at that airport on this frequency while the tower is operating?

Accepted Answer

Pilots operating from a towered airport must maintain two-way radio communication with ATC.. Pilots operating from a towered airport are required to keep two-way radio contact with ATC. Monitoring the tower frequency therefore lets a remote pilot follow the manned traffic and the controller's instructions.

Question 10

A remote pilot stands in a narrow valley near a non-towered airport and monitors the CTAF on a handheld VHF radio. A ridge lies between the pilot and the airport's approach area. Why might the pilot not hear calls from low-flying manned aircraft beyond the ridge?

Accepted Answer

VHF radio is limited to line of sight, so terrain between the radio and the aircraft can block the calls.. VHF transmissions travel by line of sight. A ridge between a ground-based handheld radio and a low aircraft can block its calls, so the remote pilot must not treat silence as proof that no traffic is near.

Question 11

At dusk, a remote pilot operating near a large lake sees an airport beacon flashing white and yellow. What type of airport does this beacon identify?

Accepted Answer

A water airport. The combination of beacon colors indicates the type of airport: white and green for civilian land airports, white and yellow for water airports, white, yellow and green for heliports, and two quick white flashes alternating with green for military airports.

Question 12

(Refer to Figure 69.) Near Kingsville, an airport is labeled KINGSVILLE NAS (NQI) CT - 124.1. What type of airport does NAS in its name identify?

Accepted Answer

A military airport, a Naval Air Station. U.S. military airports are identified by abbreviations such as AAF, AFB, MCAS and NAS. NAS stands for Naval Air Station, so Kingsville NAS is a military airport; the blue data and CT show it has a control tower.

Question 13

A remote PIC will film near an accident scene where an EMS helicopter may need the same area the small UA plans to land in. The PIC also expects to be low on power late in the flight. Which mitigation does AC 107-2A describe for this case?

Accepted Answer

Plan an alternate landing site and possibly sites where the small UA can be sacrificed to avoid risk to people or manned aircraft. Thinking through this hazard before flight leads to an alternate landing site and, if needed, places to sacrifice the small UA so it does not endanger people on the ground or manned aircraft.

Question 14

A client asks a remote pilot to fly in conditions the pilot considers unsafe. The pilot thinks, "Whatever I decide won't change anything," and agrees just to be a nice guy. Which hazardous attitude is this?

Accepted Answer

Resignation. The resignation attitude ("What's the use?") appears when a pilot feels unable to change the outcome and goes along with unreasonable requests to be a "nice guy." The antidote is: I'm not helpless. I can make a difference.

Question 15

While monitoring a local frequency, a remote pilot hears traffic from a Cessna Citation business jet registered as N482KT. Following the call sign convention in the FAA study guide, how would its call sign most likely be spoken?

Accepted Answer

Citation Four-Eight-Two-Kilo-Tango. For light GA aircraft, the manufacturer's name usually replaces November. For heavier GA aircraft such as turbo-props or turbo-jets, the model name is used, so a Citation registered N482KT would be Citation Four-Eight-Two-Kilo-Tango.

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